THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOCAB.

#1 HUMAN RIGHTS

#2 Tyranny


Tyranny is the unjust use of power by the monarch.

#3 King Louis XVI

King Louis was born at Versailles on August 23 1754. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette (daughter of the emperor and empress of Austria), a match intended to consolidate an alliance between France and Austria. In 1774, Louis succeeded his grandfather Louis XVI as king of France.

#4 Queen Marie Antionette


Born on November 2, 1755, in Vienna, Austria, Marie Antoinette helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. She became a symbol of the excesses of the monarchy and is often credited with the famous quote "Let them eat cake," although there is no evidence she actually said it. As a 20-year consort to Louis XVI, she was beheaded nine months after he was, on October 16, 1793, by order of the Revolutionary tribunal.

#5 ESTATES (FIRST,SECOND,AND THIRD)

• The clergy, or church officials, belonged to the first estate (1%). 
• The aristocracy, or nobles, made up the second estate (2%).
• The rest of the people belonged to the third estate (97%)

#6 ESTATES GENERAL (GOV. ORGANIZATION #1)

An assembly made up of representatives from all three estates.

#7 Aristocracy

The highest class in a certain society (Nobles)

#8 Bourgeoisie


The middle class

#9 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (GOV. ORGANIZATION #2)


A government consisting of delegates from the Third Estate. Representatives started work on a new constitution.

#10 Fall of The Bastille

On July 14 1789 a large crowd stormed the Bastille and set the prisoners free. News spread to the countryside, where peasants - got inspired by the fall of the Bastille- rose up against the nobles.

#11 Tennis Court Oath



When the third estate decided to break free from the estates general, they made up an assembly called "The National Assembly" but then the locked them out of their meeting place. So then they met at a tennis court and pledged to always meet until they had established a new constitution for France.

#12 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen



The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was written by Marquis de Lafayette, with advice from Thomas Jefferson. It said that government got its power from the people, not the king. It also stated basic freedoms.

#13 National Convention ( Gov. Organization #3 )


The national convention was an assembly that governed France from September 20, 1792, until October 26, 1795, during the most critical period of the French Revolution. The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy (August 10, 1792). The Convention numbered 749 deputies, including businessmen, tradesmen, and many professional men. Among its early acts were the formal abolition of the monarchy (September 21) and the establishment of the republic (September 22).

# 14 Radicals

RADICALS WERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO FAVOR FAR-REACHING CHANGES- TO SET UP A NEW GOVERNMENT THEY CALLED IT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION

#15 Jacobins


Specifically, it was used to describe members of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary political movement that had been the most famous political club of the French Revolution.

#16 Committee Of Public Safety ( Gov. Organization #4 )

It was set up by the national convention to crush opposition to the revolution. It soon fell under the control of a lawyer named Maximilien Robespierre

#17 Robespierre


He controlled the committee of public safety, he also killed anybody that was a suspect of being disloyal to the revolution or who might favor the return of the monarchy.

#18 Reign of Terror


It was when Robespierre killed anyone who was a suspect of being disloyal to the revolution or supporting the return of the monarchy.

#19 Directory (Gov. Organization #5 )


Middle class leaders set up a 5 person council to run the government, but it lacked the support of the people.

#20 NAPOLEON BONEPARTE (GOV. RULER )

#21 COUP D' ETAT

#22 DICTATORSHIP

#23 NAPOLEONIC CODE


The napoleonic code is the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.